Requests for new languages/Wikiquote Punjabi

Punjabi Wikiquote

submitted	verification	final decision

	This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval.

The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:

What	Value	Example / Explanation

Proposal
Language code	pa (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Punjabi	Language name in English
Language name	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ	Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ...
Language Wikidata item	Q58635 - item has currently the following values: English label: Punjabi native label (P1705): پنجابی, ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ✆ pronunciation _{(Pa-ਪੰਜਾਬੀ.ogg)} instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): modern language, natural language, language / Punjabi dialects and languages Wikimedia language code (P424): writing system (P282): Shahmukhi, Gurmukhi, Urdu orthography number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 125,000,000	Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed.
Directionality	LTR	Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)?
Links		Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL	pa.wikiquote.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name		"Wikiquote" in your language
Project namespace		usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace		"Wikiquote talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace)
Enable uploads	no	Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons. If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin"). Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons.
Optional settings
Project logo		This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone	Continent/City	"Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones)
Additional namespaces		For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk".
Additional settings		Anything else that should be set
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will submit a Phabricator task requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.

"Punjabi" (Eastern Punjabi) as language spoken by India and various other countries, with writing system Gurmukhi

In India, Punjabi is one of the 22 languages with official status in India. It is the first official language of Punjab (India) and Union Territory State Chandigarh and the 2nd official language of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi. Even in UK it has gained the status of the second most spoken language after English. Punjabi inherits vocabulary from Indus Valley Civilisation as it is spoken in the main heartland of that Civilisation. Punjabi needs to be added to wikiquote so that Punjabi users can also use wiki.
Most Hindi films have dialogues in Punjabi. Punjabi Wikiquote should be created. Vibhijain 10:31, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Support -- Rehmat Aziz Chitrali 08:09, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support Punjabi Wikiquote will be helpful for many punjabi speakers, I think. --Sotiale (talk) 08:20, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Support There are approximately 113 million native speakers, there will definitely be enough speakers for an active community. Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 12:40, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs^⚔ 17:20, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]